Maggie #FBPE
@hinnybird.bsky.social
A Geordie living in Lincolnshire.
Retired from a career in mental health nursing spanning nearly 40yrs.
Enjoys photography and family time.
No regrets re leaving the other place, reading so much bile and hatred is not good for mental health.
Retired from a career in mental health nursing spanning nearly 40yrs.
Enjoys photography and family time.
No regrets re leaving the other place, reading so much bile and hatred is not good for mental health.
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Doing your holiday shopping this weekend? Prices for many of the most popular holiday gifts have risen an average of 26% since last year — nearly 9 times the rate of inflation.
Meanwhile, Trump’s personal net worth has soared by at least $3 billion this year.
Priorities.
Meanwhile, Trump’s personal net worth has soared by at least $3 billion this year.
Priorities.
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Doing your holiday shopping this weekend? Prices for many of the most popular holiday gifts have risen an average of 26% since last year — nearly 9 times the rate of inflation.
Meanwhile, Trump’s personal net worth has soared by at least $3 billion this year.
Priorities.
Meanwhile, Trump’s personal net worth has soared by at least $3 billion this year.
Priorities.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How beautiful is this Amaryllis?
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How beautiful is this Amaryllis?
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As Brexit negotiator, you made a holy show of yourself, Frost. Genuinely astounding that you now think you can pontificate about post-Brexit arrangements, as if you haven’t left behind you a stinking shitshow that has weakened and diminished our country for at least a generation.
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
As Brexit negotiator, you made a holy show of yourself, Frost. Genuinely astounding that you now think you can pontificate about post-Brexit arrangements, as if you haven’t left behind you a stinking shitshow that has weakened and diminished our country for at least a generation.
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Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant
Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
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There is no better example of America's moral decline than Trump himself.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There is no better example of America's moral decline than Trump himself.
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He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
He absolutely does not care that your healthcare, is about to run out.
Zero fucks are given.
Zero fucks are given.
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Hey Nottinghamshire.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hey Nottinghamshire.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
This is how your Reform council is spending your money. Funded by your 4.84% council tax rise.
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Reform News:
After winning the council by promising to reduce bills, Reform are going to raise them - a familiar theme with Reform councils and an indicator of what Liz Truss fan Farage would be like in government.
After winning the council by promising to reduce bills, Reform are going to raise them - a familiar theme with Reform councils and an indicator of what Liz Truss fan Farage would be like in government.
Reform UK campaigned during the local elections on a platform of them being the solution. Now reality has hit its becoming clear they had no idea…
Never trust Reform UK.
Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Never trust Reform UK.
Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap
The Reform UK-led authority says it is unlikely to be able to balance it books without using reserves.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Reform News:
After winning the council by promising to reduce bills, Reform are going to raise them - a familiar theme with Reform councils and an indicator of what Liz Truss fan Farage would be like in government.
After winning the council by promising to reduce bills, Reform are going to raise them - a familiar theme with Reform councils and an indicator of what Liz Truss fan Farage would be like in government.
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His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
His mother was an immigrant.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
His wife is an immigrant.
His grandfather and grandmother were immigrants.
Four of his five offspring are the children of immigrants.
#Fifa Sick sick sick. Am I the only one who feels angry and upset with all the football fans who have/will buy tickets to watch their team play in the US? I would love to have seen a boycott.
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#Fifa Sick sick sick. Am I the only one who feels angry and upset with all the football fans who have/will buy tickets to watch their team play in the US? I would love to have seen a boycott.
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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If the media wants to hyperventilate over the polling that puts Farage in No.10, perhaps they could put the same energy into scrutinising his every link to Russia, his dodgy donors, his US/Trump/far right connections, his brazen racism, his councils’ incompetence and his barrelling Brexit shitshow.
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the media wants to hyperventilate over the polling that puts Farage in No.10, perhaps they could put the same energy into scrutinising his every link to Russia, his dodgy donors, his US/Trump/far right connections, his brazen racism, his councils’ incompetence and his barrelling Brexit shitshow.
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From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
NEW: Nigel Farage is facing renewed calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
From the obvious reality of this two-bit bigot to the orchestrated attacks on the BBC to the pathological arrogance of Johnson & Cummings, it’s oddly ungratifying to see so much of ‘How They Broke Britain’ still resonating this month.
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By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
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(Once again) this is a Brexit reflection. ‘Global’ Britain was meant to mitigate losses from Brexit and surpass EU membership. That ‘vision’ was based on trade deals and liberalised ‘fair’ immigration. The latter is now being dismantled and the former relies on no defunct liberal multilateralism.
Trade folk (including myself) are unconvinced there is much of a growth dividend for Rachel Reeves from agreements with India, EU, and US. Just as there's no evidence of positive impact from independent UK trade policy since 2021. www.politico.eu/article/rach...
Rachel Reeves hopes trade deals can save Britain’s budget. Economists aren’t convinced.
With a difficult budget looming, the chancellor has increasingly turned her gaze overseas.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
(Once again) this is a Brexit reflection. ‘Global’ Britain was meant to mitigate losses from Brexit and surpass EU membership. That ‘vision’ was based on trade deals and liberalised ‘fair’ immigration. The latter is now being dismantled and the former relies on no defunct liberal multilateralism.
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Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
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Sunak and Johnson sent people out to 'save the economy', knowing that they would probably spread the covid virus.
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Sunak and Johnson sent people out to 'save the economy', knowing that they would probably spread the covid virus.
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.